Hugh Jackman was clearly a little concered at the possibility of castrating himself with Wolverine’s claws (Picture: PA)

Actor Hugh Jackman has revealed that donning Wolverine’s claws in the latest X-Men movie was fraught with danger – especially when it came to filming a nude scene.

Speaking during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show, the Australian star admitted that he only narrowly escaped the sequence in Days Of Future Past with his manhood intact after trying to protect his modesty.

‘There was a very intense first scene and I insisted on a closed set,’ Jackman explained.

‘I ran round the corner and all the female members of the crew were gathered there. I tried to cover myself and cut my inner thigh – it was just the inner thigh thankfully!

This could be the best-looking chat show line-up you have ever seen (Picture: PA)

He jokingly added: ‘The metal claws had to go – you can’t have bits and pieces flying off.’

Despite his near miss Jackman admitted that he enjoyed filming au naturel – describing the experience as ‘a very freeing feeling’.

And he also confessed to ‘feeling like everyone’s uncle’ on set, especially when faced with some of his younger co-stars.

‘Nicolas Hoult came up to me on the first day of shooting and said, “I’m freaking out, I am such a big fan, I remember you when I was eight years old”,’ Jackman recalled.

‘I said, “Stop right there, no more stories!”.’

The results of Jackman’s naked labours can be seen when X-Men: Days Of Future past opens in the UK on May 22.

Jackman, meanwhile, appears on The Graham Norton Show on Friday evening at 10.35 pm on BBC One.

And just in case his presence isn’t enough to have a vast swathe of the viewing population getting a little hot under the collar, he’ll be joined on the chat show host’s sofa by Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy, as well as the UK’s Eurovision representative Molly.